pizza
pizza
is an oven-baked flat
bread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese.
the first pizza created in the Ancient Greece but it was a little bit different
from the Pizza that you know today: The ancient Greeks covered
their bread with oils, herbs and cheese.
The modern pizza was developed in 1889 in Naples, Italy, the dish and its variants have since become popular in many parts of
the world.
another thing that you should know, if you travel in Italy you
.will find different
kinds of Pizza
Pizza was brought to the United States with Italian
immigrants in the late nineteenth century, and first appeared
.in areas
where Italian immigrants concentrated
The
world's largest pizza was at the Norwood
pick'n pay hypermarket in joahnnesburg, south africa. According to the guiness Book of Records the
pizza was 37.4 meters (122 feet 8 inches) in diameter and was made
using 500 kg of flour, 800 kg of cheese and 900 kg of tomato puree. This was
accomplished on December 8, 1990.
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ingredients
For Dough:
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Flour 1 kg
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Yeast 3 tbsp
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Sugar 3 tbsp
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Salt 1 tsp
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Oil 1 tsp
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Warm water 3 cup (250ml)
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For Pizza Sauce:
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Firm tomatoes 1 kg
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Ketchup 5 tbsp
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Salt to taste
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Red chili flakes 1 tsp
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Rosemary 2 pinches
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Oregano 2 pinches
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For Topping:
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Mince or chicken or beef chunks 1/2 kg
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Oil 2 tbsp
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Ginger Garlic paste 1 tsp
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Salt to taste
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Red chillies 1 tsp
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Yogurt 2-4 tbsp
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Pizza cheese 2 large pack
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Capsicum 1/4 kg sliced
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Onion 2 chopped
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Olives as required sliced
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Sausages as required sliced
Cooking directions
1.
For Dough: Mix yeast in
slightly warm water and let it rest for 5 minutes.
2.
Then mix in sugar and
salt.
3.
Now add this mixture to
flour and add in oil.
4.
Knead well, cover and
leave it in a warm place.
5.
When it rise, knead it
again, cover and let it rest.
6.
For Pizza Sauce: Peel the
skin of tomatoes and blend them.
7.
Heat a pan and add
ketchup, tomato puree, salt, red chili flakes, rosemary and oregano.
8.
Cook till thickens.
9.
For Mince or Meat Topping:
First cook mince in pan till dry.
10.
Then add in oil along with
ginger garlic paste, saute.
11.
Now add in salt, pepper
and yogurt. (You can also add in "Tikka Spice")
12.
Preparation: First divide
the dough in four portion. (It will make four large size pizza)
13.
Roll out dough on greased
pizza pans.
14.
Then apply tomato sauce,
sprinkle crushed onion, pizza cheese, mince and sliced sausages, capsicum and
olives.
15.
Bake the prepared pizza at
high oven for about 15-17 minnutes or until done.
16.
Serve hot.
17.
To Make Stuffed Crust
Pizza: Spread the dough out of pan and place cheese on round end of pan and
then fold the dough over it. (you can also add mince or even chicken chunks in
crust)